Improvement in thill-holders for harness



JAMES vA. PUTT.

Imprgvement -n Thill Holder for Harnessl N0;118,888. Patented Aug.22,8871.

5gg 1 B -f-g Q13 O UNITED STATES JOSEPH A. BUTT, OF MARLBOROUGH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN THlLL-HOLDERS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,388, dated August22,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. PUTT, of Marlborough, in the county ofStark and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Thill-Holder; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a thill-tug for single harness, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, inwhich- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 a sideview of my thill-tug.

A represents a ring, of suitable dimensions, made of cast or malleableiron in elliptic form, and having a recess, a, formed at each end. Therecesses a a form bearings for metal loops B B,

placed therein, and confined to their place by theleather covering O,which entirely incloses the ring A. From the center of the ring A, onthe outside, projects a pin or stationary tongue, b, which passesthrough the covering O, and upon which the bearer-strap D is hooked,said strap passing under the loops B B, as shown in Fig. l. Thisthill-tug is very durable, and at the same time easy on thebearer-strap. It does away with a buckle, and always retains its propershape. Vhen the inside leather wears out it can be replaced for a trie,making it as good as new; The bearer-strap runs from the gig-tree to theoutside belly-band, and passes over the shaft, so that if the thill-tugshould give way the shafts cannot drop to the ground or fly up in sulkydriving. v

Havin g thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The metal ring A, provided with recesses a a and pin 11, and used incombination with the loops B B and covering O, substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of June, 1871.

J. A. BUTT.

Witnesses:

W. F. MILLER, ALLEN H. GinERsoN.

